William Grant Still

by Catherine Parsons Smith

Book Overview

Once called the dean of African American composers, William Grant Still created a unique version of musical modernism that influenced commercial music, symphonic music, and opera. The acclaimed and enormously popular Afro-American Symphony, like many of his works, drew on Black American musical heritage, and Still was the first Black composer to have his work performed by a major symphony orchestra.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252033221
• ISBN13: 9780252033223
• Release Date: July 2008
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.5"

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